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Tuesday 16 July 2024
Huawei completes construction of largest R&D hub in Shanghai, set to house 35,000 engineers
Huawei Technologies has completed the construction of its largest research and development (R&D) center, the Huawei Lianqiu Lake R&D Center, in Shanghai's Qingpu District.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Microsoft and Apple drop OpenAI board seats amid AI safety and monopoly concerns
Microsoft has announced its decision to forgo its observer seat on OpenAI's board, with Apple reportedly following suit. Despite these moves, concerns about market monopolization...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
South Korea pioneers 100-inch transparent nano-tech screen for competitive price
South Korea's Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) Nano-Lithography Research Center, in collaboration with research-oriented company Meta2People, has successfully developed...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
China's self-sufficiency for automotive ICs still below 10%
Despite having the biggest car market in the world and the largest capacity for making Electric Vehicles (EV), China's automotive semiconductor self-sufficiency rate remains below...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
China's uphill battle for IC self-sufficiency amid fast-paced tech landscape
While China has made progress in some mature processes, it still has a long way to go before reaching IC self-sufficiency, according to industry sources.
Monday 15 July 2024
Interoperability with the US? Overhaul awaits Taiwan's defense industry
Observing the Chinese military's rapid pace of modernization and the war in Ukraine, where drones and satellites have shown their tactical values, Taiwan is gradually waking up to...
Monday 15 July 2024
Starlink innovates and forges partnerships, aims to dominate satellite internet market

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Monday 15 July 2024
Sovereign AI global race: can Tsinghua Unigroup secure China's supremacy?
Ever since Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang championed the "Sovereign AI" strategy at the 2024 World Government Summit, global governments have been in a rush to establish their own AI infrastructure...
Monday 15 July 2024
Xiaomi smart factory aims for lighthouse status, impacts partnerships and finances
Amid the wave of Industry 4.0, Xiaomi announced the operation of its fully automated smart factory in Beijing. It aims to be one of the lighthouse factories, with implications for...
Monday 15 July 2024
WAIC 2024 participants expect Chinese domestic AI inference chips to flourish
The 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) held in early July reflects a deep conviction of participants in the power of change brought by the Large Language Model (LLM)...
Monday 15 July 2024
RISC-V and other challenges lie ahead as Arm takes on x86
Recent years have seen shakeups in the traditional dichotomy of the processor landscape, in which Arm ruled the mobile market with its low power consumption and cost, while Intel...
Monday 15 July 2024
VinFast postpones Carolina factory operation amid challenges
VinFast, a Vietnam-based EV maker rapidly expanding its global presence, announced a delay in its operation for its manufacturing facility in North America, according to an official...
Monday 15 July 2024
Qualcomm sues phone giant Transsion in rare legal move
Transsion, the dominant player in mobile phone markets across many emerging economies, is facing legal challenges from several Western companies, most notably Qualcomm, a company...
Monday 15 July 2024
Micron CEO meets Taiwan President, secures government support for local operations
Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of US memory chip vendor Micron Technology, recently visited Taiwan accompanied by other senior executives from the company. During the tour, Mehrotra and Taiwan's...
Monday 15 July 2024
China, US gaining ground in global IC substrate industry
Driven by emerging applications such as electric vehicles (EV), AI, and high-performance computing (HPC), IC substrates have attracted significant attention in the semiconductor industry...